Photographic roll film camera



March 5,v 1946.

f C. KALLUscH PHOTOGRAPHIC ROLL FILM CAMERA Filed Oct. 2'7, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet `1 HrrofA/Ey Mardi- 54, 1946. C, KALLUSCH 2,395,828

PHoToGRAPHIc ROLL FILM CAMERA Filed OS-t. 27, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fig. 5

JFS/VEN T'af? Patented Mar. 5, 1946 PHOTOGBAPHIC ROLL FILM CAMERA Camillo Kalluscln Prerau, Moravia; vested in the Alien Property Custodian "Application October 27, 1941, Serial No. 416,732 In Bohemia and Moravia June 15, 1940 '.11 calma The present invention relates to. a photographic roll iilm camera with a shutter for any time of exposure and a winding up spool for film, both to be operated by hand. The aim oi this invention is to produce a photographic camera of small dimensions, the operating and shutter control devices thereof being of a simple construction which may be easily contained in a very small space without impeding the handling and the access to these devices which are so strongly constructed that they cannot be easily damaged.

The qualities required by such a miniature photographic camera are met by an arrangement inwhich, according to the present invention, the

'camera is equipped with a single slidable operating device, which when moved in one direction puts the mechanism for advancing and for winding up the film, the counter of pictures and the shutter mechanism into action, and when moved in the opposite direction controls the releasing of the mechanism of the shutter. The movement of the actioning device during which the advance and the winding up oi' the nlm and the tensioning of the mechanism ofthe shutter takes place is necessarily done during the operation in one direction of the device by hand, whereas y the backward movement of the operating device and the movement of releasing the mechanism of the shutter takes place automatically by means of springs which have been put in tension during the first movement.. According to a further feature of this invention the mechanism of the shutter consists in a movable slider pressed by a spring and locking levers controlling this slider. One advantage of this construction is that because of the sliding movements executed by the devices, these devices may be constructed fiat so as to use advantageously the space of the camera. Finally there is a considerable advantage in the arrangement because its handling is very simple for to execute all functions only one handle is' anism as in Fig. 1 but with the operating slider in the final position after the illm has been moved by one picture field.

Fig. 3 shows a partial longitudinal section of the same mechanism as the preceding iigures but with the operating slider released to its normal position.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section along the line A-A in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 shows diagrammatically and in part section the shutter controlling slider with the stop pawls of the locking levers.

Fig. 6 .shows diagrammatically atop view of the whole camera and Fig. '7 is an end view of the same.

i is the casing of the camera (Figs. 6 and 7), 3 is the movable operating slider placed by means of the guide 4 (Figs, 3 and 4) on the transverse wall I To the slider 3 is fixed a handle 2 which is provided with a roughened surface or notches. The handle 2 is arranged movably on the outer wall of the casing i. The operating slider 3 has a rack 5 and a nose B provided with surfaces working together with the stop pawls of the locking levers to controlv the movements of the slider 3l. These surfaces 'I and 1 are formed by slanting the edge of the nose 6 and by the slanting wall of the recess 6 in the nose 6. In this manner surfaces 1, 1 are arranged in unequal toothed wheel 8 freely rotatable on the shaft 9 supported in a bore of the transverse wall I The position of the toothed wheel 8 is xed by means of a stop pawl lil which pivots about the pin Il and is engaged by a spring I2. The pin of the stop pawl I0 is arranged on a disk i3, which is iixed to the shaft 3, the end 9 of which is split vand forms part of a friction coupling for the winding spool I4 for the film i5.

To the slider 3 is pivoted by means of the pin I6 a clip lever I1, which is pressed by means of a spring IB into a position in which the clip tooth I9 of the lever engages in the opening of the perforated film l5 which is wound oil! thefllm cartridge 6|,

On the slider 3 is also arranged a pin 20, which when handle 2 moves the slider 3 in one direction, touches the one end of a lever 2| having a tooth 22 engaging into the teeth of a wheel 23. This toothed wheel 23 is keyed on a shaft 21 which is pivoted in the wall of the casing of the camera I, (Fig. 4). This shaft 21 is provided with a knob 28 bearing a scale 29 and thus forms an exposure counter. The locking lever 2| pivots about a pin 24 in the wall of the casing of the camera. To the second arm oi' the locking lever 2| is fixed by means of a pin 25 a stop pawl 26 which is pressed by a spring (not shown) into engagement with the toothed wheel 23. The knob 23 of the counter is normally, when the camera isnot used, secured against revolution by the tooth 22, which engages into the toothed wheel 23.

The mechanism of the shutter consists of a control slider 3|, arranged so that it may be shifted, the pin 3|| of which coacts with the nose l of the slider 3. To the slider 3| is ilxed a spring plate 32, the free end of which is bent upwardly of the slider 3|. The spring 32 has a slanting edge 32h, which during the movement of the slider 3| in one direction coacts with the pin 33, which is ilxed to a shutter 34 bent into an angular shape, which pivots about a pin 3l and is shifted adjacent a screen plate 3i.

To the wallofthe casingofthe camera I are pivoted two locking levers 33 and 54 of which' the lever 38 is for snapshots and pivots about the pin 31. This lever pressed by a spring 4| bears an extension 3! and a pawl 40 coacting with the surface 'i and the nose 3 of the operating slider 3. The second locking lever 54 is used for timeexposures. This lever is pressed by a plate spring 31 and pivots about a pin 56. The stop pawl l! of the locking lever 34 is higher than the stop pawl 43 and coacts with the surface 1' of the nose 3 and with the pin 42 in the locking position. 33' and 34'arestoppinslimitingtheswivelling of the levers 33 and 54.

The type of exposure is determined by a system of cams 43, 4I, 41 which are keyed on a common shaft and are actioned by a knob 43. The cam 4lengageswithapin43whichisarrangedona double lever 43 moving around a pin Il on the second arm of which is ilxed a pin ll on which theoneendofaspringn. Theother endofthissprlngllagainstapinzwhich isxedtotheshutteru. Apin3whichisar ranged on the locking lever for tim coactswithcaml. Theslider3| isbiasedbya springllilxedtoapinlonthesingofthe camera,oneend ofthespring enmingapin il, which is arranged on the slider 3l, whilst the otherendengagesthecambytherotationof whiehthetenslonoi'thespringisadjusted.

'I'he operation of the mechanism in adjusting and releasing the shutter and in winding up the mm is as follows:

Handle 2 when displaced to the right (Fig. l) at the same time also displaces the slider 3 and the rack I, by which the toothed wheel l is turned carrying along the stop pawl Il and the disk I3 mounted on the shaft 3. This occasions a revo lution of the winding up spool 4 and the winding oifillm cartridge 6| and the nlm is advanced by the length of one picture field. The exact advancing of the nlm is secured by the clip lever l1, the stop pawl i3 of which enters the perforation of the nlm 5. Towards the end of the movement of the slider 3 (Fig. 2), its pin 23 engages the end of the lever 2| and swivels it in such a manner that the tooth 22 is disengaged from the wheel 23 and this toothed wheel is thus set free. By means of the stop pawl 26, the wheel 23 makes a partial revolution corresponding to the angle .of one picture so that the scale 29 of the knob 23,

which forms the counter of exposures advances by one number.

When slider 3 is displaced into the position shown in Fig. 2 the slider 3l is also displaced into the right ilnal position and both locking levers 34 and 33 swivel under the action of the springs l1 and 4| as their extensions become dienged -fromthenoseioithesteeringsliderlandits surfaces 1, 1'.

Duringthismovementoftheslidenhtheplate spnngnpaesoverthepinottheshutteru onaccountofthebentuponsetpartnmwhieh actsasamsurface,sothatatterthedisplace ment of the slider 3| is completed the pin 33 is onthatsideoithespringnonwhichisthe slanting edge 32h.

Upon releasing the handle 2,the slider 3 moves in the opposite direction under the influence' of thespring l3untilitassumesitsnorma1 position shown in Fig. 3. During such movement ot the slider 3 to the left, the cam surface 1 on the nose Iengagestheextensionofthelockinglever" causing the lever 33 to pivot to thereby remove its stop pawl 4l from engagement with the pin 42 of slider 3|. When this occurs. the slider 3| isurgedtotheleftbyspringlluntilpinengagesthestoppawllloftheleveruasshown in Fig. 3. During the latter movement, the edge 32boftheplatespring32strlkesthepin33on theshutter34andmovesthelattertoopenposition.

Asthecamsystem4l.43.41mayalsobeset ontimetheshutter34remainsopenduring the time the pin 42 touches the stop Da wl il. When it is desired the shutter be closed. then the slider 3 (by pressure of hand) constrainedlybymeansoi'thehandleintotheposition marked by a dotted line (Fig. 3). in which theslantingsteeringsurface'l'ofthenosel strikesthestop pawl Il ofthelocklnglever 34, swivelsitsothatthesliderllcanreturntothe position indicated in Fig. 1 and the shutter 34 actionedbythespringnintensionreturnsto theclosingposition. Thetimeoi'exposuremay also be regulated by the speed of the movement oi releasing of the slider 3|.

Iitheknobissetonsnapshotsthecamll raisestheleveruinsuchamannerthatitsstop pawlllpassesfromthebackwardpathofthepdn 42ottheslider3| (markedbyadottedlinein Fig.2). Themovement oi' slider 3| totheright isthesameasbefore,i.e.thepin33oftheshutter 34passesundertbeplatespring32andthestop pawlofthelockinglever 33 catchesthepin 42,bywhiehbothparts3|and33arelocked. At thebackwardreleasingmovernentoftheslider3 surface'lofthenoselstrikestheextension ofthelockinglever33.slider3l is andbytheactionoi'thespringsuandin tenslonitisreturnedtothelettandswivelsat theslmetimetheshutter34,forthepin33fol lowstheslantingedge32`boi'thespring32.so thattheshuttercaneasilyexeeutetheerposure.

'Ihe roll-nlm camera shown and described is merely an example and its details may be dinerentlyalteredwithoutthelimltodthe invention. It is an object of this invention to employ for instanceablade shutter, ai'ocalplane shutter andsoon.

WhatIelaimis:

l. Inaroll-illm camera,ashutter,aillmwind ing means, a first slide and a second slide. a spring for biasing said second slide to a normal positiomnrstmeans on saidiirstslide for operating said film winding means when saidnrstslide is moved in one direction, second means on said ilrst slide for moving said second slide to a, second position against the bias of said spring when said first slide is moved in said one direction, a latch for holding said second slide in said second position, means on said second slide for actuating saidshuttertoexposetheiilmassaidsecond slideretmnstoitsnormalpositiomandmeans on said nrst slide for tripping said latch when said iii-st slide is moved in the opposite direction.

2. 1n a roll-nlm camera. a shutter, biasing means ior normally Aholding said shutter closed. a iirst slide and a second slide, a spring for biasing said second slide to a normal position, means on said nrst slide for moving said second slide to a second position against the bias oi said spring when said first slide is moved in, one direction, a ilrst latch for holding said second slide in said second position, means on said second slide'ior actuating the shutter to open position and then releasing it to its closed position as said second slide returns to its normal position, a second latch for engaging said second slide at a position wherein the shutter is maintained open, and means on said ilrst slide for sequentially tripping said latches when said nrst slideis moved in the opposite direction.

3. The combination of claim 2 including means adjustable to render said second latch inoperative to engage said second slide.

4. The combination o! claim 2 including means adjustable to render said second latch inoperative to engage said second slide, and means carried by said adjustable means for simultaneously increasing the bias oi' said spring.

5. The combination oi claim 2 including means adjustable to render said second latch inoperative to engage said secondr slide, and means carried by said adjustable means i'or simultaneously increasing the bias oi said spring and said shutter biasing means.

6. In a roll-nlm camera a shutter, biasing means for normally holding said shutter closed, aiilmwindingmeanaanrst slideandasecond slide, a spring for biasing said second slide to a normal position. ilrst means on said first slide for operating said iilm winding means when said nrst slide is moved in one direction, second means on said nrst slide for moving said second slide to a second position against the bias of said spring when' said nrst slide is moved in said one direction, a first latch for holding said second slide in said second position, means on said second slide for actuating the shutter to open position and then 4releasing it to its closed position as saidseoond slide returns to its normal position. asecondlatchforengagingsaidsecondslidest a position wherein the sliutteil is maintained open. and means on said iirst slide for sequentially tripping said latches when said iirst slide is moved in the opposite direction.

7. The combination oi claim 6 including means adjustable to render said second latch inoperative to engage said second slide.

8. The combination oi claim 6 including an adjustable shaft, a plurality of cams on said shaft. one of said cams coacting with said second latch to render it inoperative to engage said second slide, and another o! said cams coacting with said spring to simultaneously increase the bias thereof.

9. In a roll-film camera, a shutter, biasing means for normally holding said shutter closed, a nlm winding means, an exposure counter comprising s. toothed wheel and a pawl in engagement therewith, a first slide and a second slide, a spring for biasing said second slide to a normal position, ilrst means on said first slide for operating said film winding means when said ilrst slide is moved in one direction, second means on said ilrst slide for moving said second slide to a second position against the bias of said spring when said first slide is moved in said one direction, a pin on said iirst slide for operating said pawl to actuate said toothed wheel when said ilrst slide is moved in said one direction. a iirst latch i'or holding said second slide in said second position, means on said second slide for actuating the shutter to open position and then releasing it to its closed position as said second slide returns to its normal position, a second latch for engaging said second slide'at a position wherein theA shutter is maintained open, and means on said first slide `for sequentially tripping said latches when said rst slide is moved inthe opposite direction.

10. The combination of claim 9 including means adjustable to render said second latch inoperative to engage said second slide.

11. The combination of claim 9 including an adjustable shaft, a plurality of cams on said shaft, one of said cams coacting with said second latch to render it inoperative to engage said second slide, and another oi said cams coacting with stgid spring to simultaneously increase thebias ereo CAMILLO KALLUBCH. 

